Thursday , 2 July 2026

Columbus Crew SC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Columbus Crew SC
0 – 2
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sat 21 May 2022 · 19:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 35' Kellyn Acosta
Y 41' Sebastien Ibeagha
Y 55' Jesus Murillo
Y 75' Diego Palacios
Y 75' Ilie Sanchez

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

1
3
Columbus Crew SC 4 games · Avg 3.3 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-05-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2019-05-11 Columbus Crew SC 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2018-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 May Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L
14 May New York City FC A 0–2 L
07 May New England Revolution A 2–2 D
30 Apr D.C. United SC H 3–0 W
24 Apr Sporting Kansas City A 0–0 D
16 Apr Orlando City SC H 0–2 L
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 May Columbus Crew SC A 2–0 W
19 May Austin FC H 1–2 L
14 May Colorado Rapids SC A 0–2 L
08 May Philadelphia Union H 2–2 D
02 May Minnesota United FC H 2–0 W
24 Apr FC Cincinnati A 2–1 W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC Los Angeles FC
#10 Position #20
16 Points 24
15 Played 15
4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 5
21 Scored 24
23 Conceded 17
-2 GD +7
1.07 PPG 1.60
27% Win % 47%

Key Stats

25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/5
61-75
3/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Columbus Crew SC and Los Angeles FC is underway.
  • 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 15' Diego Palacios has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' Cristian Arango needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 25' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Kellyn Acosta has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 35' Kellyn Acosta was booked on 35.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 41' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Sebastien Ibeagha.
  • 46' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Daniel Musovski departs to be replaced by Brian Rodriguez.
  • 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 55' Los Angeles FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 285 games and scored 571 goals.
  • 61' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jose Cifuentes is hanging Francisco Ginella on the field on 61 minute.
  • 62' Goal! Carlos Vela scores his 94 goal in 285 matches.
  • 67' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Darlington Nagbe made 283 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 68' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. James Igbekeme is replaced by Derrick Etienne.
  • 70' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Kellyn Acosta by Daniel Crisostomo on 70 minute.
  • 73' What a strike from Jose Cifuentes! The score is 0-2.
  • 74' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luis Diaz is hanging Yaw Yeboah on the field on 74 minute.
  • 75' Los Angeles FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 80' The travelling Los Angeles FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 85' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 90' It’s high time Caleb Porter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • Full Time. Los Angeles FC beats Columbus Crew SC

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Adama Diomande 2
Carlos Vela 2
Christian Ramirez 2
Diego Rossi 1
Laurent Ciman 1
Nathan Ordaz 1
Laurent Ciman 1
Adama Diomande 1

Head to Head

2022-05-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2019-05-11 Columbus Crew SC 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2018-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC

Columbus Crew SC Form

2022-05-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-05-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2022-05-07 New England Revolution 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-30 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-16 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Orlando City SC L

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-05-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-05-19 Los Angeles FC 1–2 Austin FC L 2022-05-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Los Angeles FC L 2022-05-08 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D 2022-05-02 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-04-24 FC Cincinnati 1–2 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.84 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.62 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC22% Draw28% Los Angeles FC50%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.46
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 44%
56%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
50%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
78%
Columbus Crew SC or Los Angeles FC
72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC15% Draw48% Los Angeles FC37%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
12.9%
1 – 1
12.5%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
10.6%
1 – 2
9.1%
1 – 0
6.2%
0 – 3
5.8%
1 – 3
5%
2 – 1
4.7%
2 – 2
3.9%
2 – 0
2.9%
0 – 4
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 5% 94%
-1.5 6% — 94%
-1 6% 12% 82%
-0.5 18% — 82%
+0.5 46% — 54%
+1 46% 25% 30%
+1.5 70% — 30%
+2 70% 17% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
44% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.